Price tag holder



April 3, 1951 c. R. WALKER PRICE TAG HOLDER Filed May 19, 1948 INvENToR,CARL R. WALKER, JBY m Patented Apr. 3, 1951 PRICE TAG HOLDER Carl E.Walker, Indianapolis, Ind., assignor to Syndicate Glass, 1110.,Indianapolis, 1nd, a corporation of Indiana Application May 19, 1948,Se1 ial'No. 27,963

This invention relates to a price or other insignia holding device whichis to be frictionally retained in position upon any members over theiredge portions such, for example, and glass dividers on a counter as willbe found in stores where merchandise is displayed openly and in bulkbetween these dividers.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a structure which willremain in position without being easily displaced and which at the sametime will retain the price tag or other display device securely inposition without being displaced or disarranged upon the handling of themerchandise within the compartment around which the wall may be placedand which wall carries the structure in question. v

It is a further important object of the invention to have the tagholding portion of the structure assist in maintaining a frictional gripupon the edge portion of the divider so as to increase the grip thereonin a manner which has heretofore not been had in structures heretoforeemployed for similar purposes.

These and many other objects and advantages of the invention will becomeapparent in the following description of one particular form asillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a structure embodying theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a view in top perspective of the structure; and

Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1. v

Referring to the drawing in which like characters of reference indicatelike parts in the several views, a base It is formed to have two spacedapart legs I! and i2 projecting downwardly therefrom. Normally the lowerends of these legs, Fig. 2, are spaced a distance apart at their lowerends less than the distance between their upper ends so that the legsneed to be spread apart when they are in the position over the dividerboard [3, herein illustrated as constituting a glass member. Due to thecharacteristics of glass, it is more difficult to retain a member of thenature herein described in position over the upper edge of a dividermade out of glass than where the divider is made out of wood or amaterial having a greater coefllcient of friction.

As indicated primarily in Fig. '3, the central portion of the base H]has a relatively thin sec' tion i l while the legs H and I2 join withthe base H! through thicker sections l5 and [6 of the material employed.Thus when the legs I! and .12 are tended to be spread apart by theirlower 3.Claims.- (01. 40-523) t. :1 the face .ofthe base H] thereunder.

.2 I ends, the base intermediate section M will be the primary zonethrough which a bending action .will'take place to'permit suchspreading;

It is to be noted however that the legs II and I2 taper in thicknessfrom a greater thickness at their upper ends to a lesser thickness attheir lower ends, and are in themselves flexible to permit bending tosome extent throughout their length.

Extending in an integral manner from the lower front edge of the base Inis a cover sheet I! which is folded around in effect to extend normal lyin a position as indicated by the dash lines in Fig, 3 in a planedisposed at an acute angle to From the rear and upper end of the base I0there is carried a clasp member [8 in the nature of a hookand integrallyextending from the base l0 around and over and partially back downtoward the front face of the base It). The base 10 has a planar forwardface which is preferably positioned at an acute angle to a verticalcentral line between the legs H and I2.

The cover member I! is also planar in shape and has its end I9positioned from the bend Hill 2!! which is desired to be employed torefer to the goods adjacent the member l3.

The entire construction with the exception of the tag 2i is preferablymade out of a plastic, the nature of which is transparent, so that thestructure may be formed by an extrusion process. Thus by extruding theform in a continuous length, it may be cut off to the desired individuallength. By reason of the peculiar construction, the legs [I and I2 areurged into compressive engagement with the vertical faces of the memberI 3, first by the initial diverging spacing apart of those legs as aboveindicated; and secondly by reason of the construction o1v the base I!)which is further reinforced by the positioning of the cover member l7thereover to have its upper end I9 abutting the inside of the clasp [8to resist bending of the base I 0 into a concave manner or position asviewed from the top side.

While I have herein shown and described my invention in the one bestform as now known to me, it is obvious that mechanical changes may beemployed without departing from the spirit of the invention, such forexample as the angle presented by the upper face of the base i0, and Itherefore do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond thelimitations which may be imposed by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A price tag holder comprising in combination a base member; a pair ofspaced legs projecting downwardly from its under side; a cover hingedlyconnected to a longitudinal edge of the base member; a clasp member atthe'other longitudinal edge of said base member under which the freeedge of said cover opposite said hinged connection may be inserted toretain a tag between the cover and the base and to urge apart said baselongitudinal edges; said legs normally diverging in spacing from theirlower ends to their upper portions, and said legs joining said base eachthrough a thickened portion; the central portion of said base betweensaid legs having a vertically thinner section as compared to thetransversely thickened portions of said legs, whereby spreading of thelegs would tend to set up a bending action across said base centralsection. r 1

2. A price tag holder comprising in combination a base member; a pair ofspaced legs projecting downwardly from its under side; a cover hingedlyconnected to a longitudinal edge of the base member; a clasp member atthe other longitudinal edge of said base member under which the freeedge of said cover opposite said hinged connection may be inserted toretain a tag between the cover and the base; said legs normallydiverging in spacing from their lower ends to their upper portions, andsaid legs joining said base each through a thickened portion to leave athinner section through the base therebeintegral with said base, and allmade out of a flexible material.

3. An integral price tag holder made out of resilient materialcomprising a base member upon which a tag may be mounted; and a pair ofspaced apart legs extending downwardly from the under side of the basemember; said legs ;.having a transverse cross-sectional area at theirJunctions with said member greater than the vertical cross-sectionalarea of the member between the legs to locate and define a memberresilient bending zone between said legs upturned members alongrespective longitudinal edges of said base member; and a cover platehaving a transverse width-exceeding the normal spacing apart ;of saidupturned members to force apart said upturned members to set up abending action in said base cross-sectional area tending to rock thefree ends of the legs, one toward the other.

CARL R. WALKER.

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